Star player:
Karim Ziani

Previous appearances:
1982 (first round), 1986 (first round)

How they qualified
CAF
Senegal (a)           0-1
Liberia (h)             3-0
Gambia (a)            0-1
Gambia (h)            1-0
Senegal (h)           3-2
Liberia (a)             0-0
Rwanda (a)           0-0
Egypt (h)              3-1
Zambia (a)            2-0
Zambia (h)            1-0
Rwanda (h)           3-1
Egypt (a)              0-2
Egypt (neutral)      1-0

Chances:
Qualifiers for the third time after eliminating Africa's continental champions Egypt, Saadane's men are defensively solid and are unlikely to be on the end of any thrashings in South Africa.That said, qualification for the last 16 looks too much to ask.

Strange but true
Antar Yahia married Karim Ziani’s sisiter in December last year. A month earlier Ziani laid on the pass which allowed Yahia to volley home the goal against Egypt that took Algeria into the World Cup finals.